Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
If a man makes continuous efforts, we can save him.
National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.
My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
has played a powerful part in shaping the opinions of the group of intellectuals who are behind Hitler in the epoch-making program.
You are aware of only one unrest;Oh, never to learn the other!Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast,And one is striving to forsake its brother.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Who never ate his bread in sorrow, who never sat the sorrowful nights weeping on his bed, he knows you not, you heavenly Powers.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being
Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help him become what he is capable of being